Originally asked
The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A
The Guardian's weekly The Q&A repeatedly uses this exact standing prompt.
You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 8 February 2020 source ↗
Hurtful, hard, like concrete but also the soft, silky, smooth, cool pillow that you lay your head on. It’s like birds singing in the morning with the aurora going over your head at night. That’s love for me.
Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 30 September 2023 source ↗
I always relate love to happiness.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 20 November 2021 source ↗
Like you’ve got no other thought in your head.
Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 2 August 2025 source ↗
Light of the Almighty in my heart.
Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 24 January 2026 source ↗
Seeing Bob Dylan live.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 8 February 2020 source ↗
Billy Connolly, who is a brilliantly funny man. I don’t know anyone who doesn’t adore him.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 8 February 2020 source ↗
I would just like to be remembered.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 8 February 2020 source ↗
Once, I was MC at a Christmas gig in Romford and a woman threw a dildo at my face.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 8 February 2020 source ↗
Don’t Stop Believin’ [by Journey].
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 8 February 2020 source ↗
I wouldn’t lose my virginity at an army camp and then roll over on to an ants’ nest.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 8 February 2020 source ↗
Adam Clayton, Adam Kay, Adele Parks, Adjoa Andoh, Alex Hassell, Alison Moyet
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